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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Peach Cobbler” .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which sister in "Dear Sister" is the only one with whom the writer shares a mother?
(a) Jackie.
(b) Tasheta.
(c) Kimba.
(d) Renee.

2. What does the girl in “Peach Cobbler” imagine putting in the cobbler before giving it to the pastor?
(a) Hot sauce.
(b) Extra peaches.
(c) Glass.
(d) Nails.

3. In "Dear Sister," what do the letter writer’s sisters do after she tells them Chauncey tried to ask her out at the funeral?
(a) They slash his tires.
(b) They key his car.
(c) They yell at him.
(d) They drown his food in hot sauce.

4. Who approaches the narrator while she stands at her fathers grave after the other mourners have left in "Dear Sister"?
(a) Uncle Bird.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her father’s friend.
(d) Renee.

5. What grade is the girl in when she “had tired of fighting off boys and gave in” (55)?
(a) 10th.
(b) 9th.
(c) 11th.
(d) 8th.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tasheta tell her sister to tell Jackie regarding their father at the beginning of the letter in "Dear Sister"?

2. What does the little girl’s mother do with the peach cobbler if the pastor does not show up on Monday?

3. What do Eula and her friend do after finishing their first bottle of Spumante?

4. Who ruins Eula’s 31st birthday dinner?

5. How old is the little girl in “Peach Cobbler” when she first starts her period?

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